Urorectal septum malformation sequence: Prenatal progression, clinical report, and embryology review

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 143, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2722-2726

  Escobar, Luis F ^a,c   Heiman, Meadow ^a   Zimmer, Dawn ^b   Careskey, Holly ^a  

^a Medical Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Center   (United States)

^b St Vincent Women's Hospital   (United States)

^c Medical Genetics and Neurodevelopment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloacal division; Congenital anorectal malformation; Hindgut development; Urorectal septum malformation sequence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLADDER MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOACA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; MESODERM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URACHUS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; URORECTAL SEPTUM MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ASCITES; CYSTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 35948943521     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31925     Document Type: Article

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